Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts are currently in place between his Department and Babcock International.

Babcock is the second largest supplier to the Ministry of Defence (MOD), with 290 contracts currently in place, worth more than £18 billion. These contracts cover a range of equipment, capability and services across the maritime, air and land domains.

In the maritime area, Babcock delivers all submarine refits and maintenance, as well as the £2 billion Maritime Support Delivery Framework, which provides management of the UK's naval bases and support to surface ships. Babcock is also the in-service support integration partner for Successor, and is part of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, delivering the Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers with Thales and BAE Systems.

In the land domain, Babcock is responsible for managing white fleet services under the Phoenix agreement, and for the maintenance and repair of Army vehicles. It also provides engineer training through the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers and Royal Navy schools, building on existing training for the Royal School of Military Engineering.

In the air environment, Babcock delivers the UK Military Flying Training System in a 50/50 joint venture with Lockheed Martin known as Ascent Flight Training. The company also provides aircraft support, airbase multi-activity support contracts, and electro-mechanical training.

More information about the contracts that we place with industry is available on gov.uk as part of our MOD Trade, Industry and Contracts statistics:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-trade-industry-and-contracts-2017.

In addition, MOD contracts worth over £10,000 are published on the Government's Contracts Finder website, which is available on gov.uk at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.